Alex Katz

(American, born 1927)

flags by alex katz

Alex Katz

Flags, 2013

Price on Request

red hat ada by alex katz

Alex Katz

Red Hat Ada, 2015

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vivien by alex katz

Alex Katz

Vivien, 2012

Price on Request

"yellow flags on white" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Yellow Flags on White", 2023

8,900 USD

"purple irises on white" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Purple Irises on White", 2023

8,900 USD

"purple irises on red" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Purple Irises on Red", 2023

8,900 USD

"chris" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Chris", 2011

55,000–65,000 EUR

"vincent" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Vincent", 1972

4,500–6,500 EUR

"vivien" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Vivien", 1994

22,500–30,000 EUR

"ada" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Ada", 2011

17,000–23,000 EUR

"nicole" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Nicole", 2016

34,000–40,000 EUR

"coca-cola girl 1" by alex katz

Alex Katz

"Coca-Cola Girl 1", 2019

43,000–50,000 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1927
Born in Brooklyn, NY
1928
Moved to St. Albans, Queens
1946 - 1949
Studied at the Cooper Union Art School, New York, NY
1949 - 1950
Studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Showhegan, ME
1968
Moved to present home and studio in New York
1972
Guggenheim Fellowship
Cooper Union Professional Achievement Citation
1980
St. Gaudens Medal in Art
1994
Cooper Union Art School creates the Alex Katz Visiting Chair in Painting with the endowment provided by the sale of 10 paintings donated by the artist
1996
Einweihung des The Paul J. Schupf Wing für die Arbeiten des Künstlers im Colby College. Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, USA

Exhibitions

2019
Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz (solo)
Alex Katz: Flowers, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (solo)
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, Roma (solo)
Alex Katz / Moby Dick, Colby Museum of Art, Waterville (solo)
Focus on: Alex Katz, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas (solo)
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York (solo)
Alex Katz, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu (solo)
Red Dancers, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (solo)
Contemporary Conterpoint / Alex Katz. Water Lilies - series Homage to Monet, 2009-2010 (solo)
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris (solo)

Public Collections

Essl Museum, Österreich, Wien
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, TX
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Literature

2006
Richer, Francesca and Rosenzweig, Matthew (ed¹s), No. 1 First works by 362 Artists
2004
Cohen, David, ‘A chat with the artist: Power Portraits’, Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept-Oct 2004, The New York Sun, Sept 9, 2004
Kramer, Hilton, ‘Alex Katz’s Attack Of Nine-Foot Women’, Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept-Oct 2004, New York Observer, Sept 27, 2004
Ribas, Joao, ‘Alex Katz’, Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept-Oct 2004, Time Out, Sept 23-30, 2004, p.64
Henry, Clare, ‘People say fashion is a no-no’, Alex Katz: Twelve Paintings, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept-Oct 2004, Financial Times (NY), Oct 4, 2004, p.12
W Magazine, Vol.33, issue 10, Oct. 04, ‘The Orginals: Portraits for W by Alex Katz.’
McEwen, John, ‘Risk taker’, Alex Katz: Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, June-July 2004, The Spactator, 19 June 2004, p. 43, illus ‘Berlin’ 2001
Pace Wildenstein, New York, exhibition catalogue, ‘Alex Katz. Twelve Paintings’
Cohen, David, ‘Gallery-Going’, The New York Sun, October 9
Milazzo, Richard and Acchille Bonito Oliva, ‘Alex Katz’, Galleria D’Arte Contemporanea Emilio Mazzoli, Modena